Heeellllllooooo!!!!!!!!!! Hope everythings goin great! Sounds like its been a pretty fun week there! Glad you didnt kill everyone in the jeep! SOunds like a lot of fun though. Things are going well here. I am at Daniel and Bit's house emailing. Thats awesome that youre going to the temple so much. I wish i could go a lot. I got the package mom. Thanks! My companion and I thoroughly enjoyed the cookies! Thanks for the cash. And thanks for the postcard dad! Man i miss the mountains! Im getting closteraphobic because its so flat and there are trees everywhere and i cant see very far! Ive been in a small area of Gainesville too long. Im sad to go though because i love the branch and working with college students but i think im ready to go. Im starting to get burned out from so much contacting so i think it will be a good change. Tell Corey and Maria Trail thanks for the money! I really appreciate all their love and support and friendship. Thanks for everything! The guy that was going to get baptized on your birthday couldnt because of his living situation. He is living with his girlfriend and he is trying everything he can to move out but he cant afford to break his lease so we are still praying for a miracle. We are baptizing a guy named Ken tomorrow! He is awesome! We had to bike 40 minutes to get to his house and we taught him the plan of salvation. He remembered the Spirit he felt from last time we taught him. He is more in tune with the Spirit than anyone ive ever seen. He was literally jumping for joy when he found out about the book of mormon and the plan of salvation. He was saying these are the missing pieces he was looking for. He loves the bible and knows it really well and couldnt believe that there are 3 more volumes of scripture he has been missing. He is 22 and really wants to serve a mission if he can! He is supporting his mom right now but i really hope he serves a mission. Ill try to let you know where im going when i find out. Did you hear about the swine flu breaking out in the MTC? A bunch of people had to be quarantined and they made some new rules there. The parents have to say goodbye out side and noone but missionaries are allowed inside so noone can bring in sickness. Crazy! We were going to have to push transfers a week later because of it but i guess they cleared it up in time so transfers are on thursday now. Daniel will be my companion for two days when Elder Brunt leaves Tuesday. It should be a lot of fun. Ill try to send a cd of pictures when i get a chance. That way i can send more to you guys and its a lot cheaper. Last Saturday we went to a gator baseball game. It was the regional championship against the Miami Hurricanes. It was a lot of fun! Our branch mission leader is actually the mascot for UF. He is Albert the Alligator and mascots all the football, basketball, and baseball games. We got some pictures with him!

Love,Elder Carty